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0117/2017 - The struggle of indigenous peoples for health in environmental conflict contexts in Brazil (1999-2014)
A luta dos povos indígenas por saúde em contextos de conflitos ambientais no Brasil (1999-2014)

Author:

• Diogo Ferreira da Rocha - Rocha, Diogo Ferreira da - Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca - <diogoferreira@posgrad.ensp.fiocruz.br>

Co-author(s):

• Marcelo Firpo de Souza Porto - Porto, M.F. - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca (ENSP) - <marcelo.firpo@ensp.fiocruz.br>
• Tania Pacheco - Pacheco, Tania - taniapac@gmail.com - <taniapac@gmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Saúde e Ambiente

Abstract:

The Brazilian development model, based on commodities and electro-intensive industries for exchanges in the global markets, generates social and environmental inequalities that trigger diverse conflicts between indigenous peoples and communities and economic groups involving disputes over territories and common goods in contexts that influence the health situation of these communities. The objective of this paper is to present an overview of environmental conflicts involving the Brazilian indigenous peoples, their strategies to ensure the sustainability and demarcation of their territories and discuss the forms of pressure of the population on this Subsystem of Indigenous Healthcare (SASI) or alternatives they have proposed to face the problems generated. This analysis is based on a mapping of environmental conflicts based on the bibliographical revision of secondary sources (by indigenous movements or their partners) that supported the construction of reports on conflicts and analysis of the indigenous narratives about the territory where they live and their struggles. We conclude that the health control strategies of Brazilian indigenous peoples are influenced by their socio-environmental disputes and are part of the mobilization of these peoples by the full recognition of their rights.

Keywords:

Environmental conflictsIndigenous peoplesIndigenous health

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Rocha, Diogo Ferreira da, Porto, M.F., Pacheco, Tania. The struggle of indigenous peoples for health in environmental conflict contexts in Brazil (1999-2014). Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2017/Mar). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/the-struggle-of-indigenous-peoples-for-health-in-environmental-conflict-contexts-in-brazil-19992014/16163?id=16163



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